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bodh⋅ran

[baw-rahn]
–noun
a handheld, shallow Irish drum with a single goatskin head, played with a stick.
Also, bodhrán.
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bodh·ran   (bō'rän', bou'-)   
n.  A hand-held goatskin drum used in traditional Irish music and often played with a stick.

[Irish Gaelic bodhrán, from Middle Irish bodrán, from Old Irish, from bodar, deaf, deafening.]
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